MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS,

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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS,
PAKISTAN, TERRORISM; NEW DELHI.

This countrywide cable reports on relevant media
reaction/opinion from India's large non-English press.
The Mission reports on English-language media via email
through the daily "Early Edition" summary.

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U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS
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1. "INDIA KEEPS FALLING IN BIG NATIONS' TRAPS," op-ed
in January 4 right-of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA:
"2009 was an eventful year for Indian foreign policy.
Initially the U.S. seemed to be helping India by
putting diplomatic pressure on Pakistan to punish the
perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks. The U.S.-India
nuclear deal created much euphoria, but that has
fizzled out. The Copenhagen summit's success
demonstrated how much pressure India's new friend U.S.
can create on it. Coaxing, threatening, and alluring
India in the name of climate change, WTO or human
rights, etc., is likely to continue in 2010 also."

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PAKISTAN
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2. "DETERIORATING SITUATION IN PAKISTAN," editorial in
January 4 right-of-center Urdu daily, MUNSIF: "Giving
up on Afghanistan, the U.S. has turned its attention
toward Pakistan. Hence the drone attacks and
Blackwater. The U.S. wants control over Pakistan's
nuclear arms, because weapons of a Muslim country are
the envy of Israel, America and the western world.
Regrettably, Pakistan's rulers are stooges of America.
They care not for their motherland or their people."

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TERRORISM
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3. "ACIDIC POLITICS OF 26/11 TERROR ATTACKS," op-ed in
January 5 centrist Marathi daily, SAKAAL: "The most
worrying aspect of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks is
the fact that any intelligence on possible attacks does
not necessarily translate into quick alerts and
actions. The police claim they knew of these attacks
and also some of the earlier strikes in Mumbai. These
revelations only show that intelligence alerts are just
frittered away. The common people of Mumbai do not
benefit from these early warnings, and attacks
continue."


4. "ELIMINATE TERRORISM," editorial in January 6 right-
of-center Gujarati daily, GUJARAT SAMACHAR: "India
needs to be extremely cautious before taking any
important decision like withdrawing armed forces from
the Kashmir valley. Pakistan continues to abet and
encourage terrorism and is still not showing any
seriousness in bringing to justice those involved in
the Mumbai 2008 terrorist attacks. India needs to adopt
a tough anti-terrorism policy, like the one pursued by

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America in Afghanistan in flushing out the Taliban."
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